Jessica Henwick
Jessica Henwick was born in Surrey, England, United Kingdom on August 30th, 1992 and is the TV Actress. At the age of 31, Jessica Henwick biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Jessica Yu Li Henwick is an English actress.
She was the first actress of East Asian descent to play lead roles in a British television series after appearing in the children's show Spirit Warriors (2009-2010).
Jessika Pava of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) and the character Colleen Wing in Iron Fist (2017–2018), X-wing pilot Jessika Pava (2015–2017), and the second season of Luke Cage (2018).
Early life
Henwick was born and raised in Surrey, England, as the daughter of a Singaporean-Chinese mother of Teochew descent and an English father. Mark, her father, is an author, and her mother, Maria, has been barred from the retail industry. She has an older and a younger brother. She studied at the National Youth Theatre and Redroofs Theatre School.
Career
Henwick was confirmed in June 2009 that she had been cast in the lead role of Bo for the BBC show Spirit Warriors, making her the first actress of East Asian descent to play lead in a British television series. Henwick trained in wushu with martial arts choreographer Jude Poyer. The show had been nominated for many prizes, including the Broadcast Awards 2011.
Henwick made her professional debut in the international premiere of Running on the Cracks, based on Julia Donaldson's book. Allan Radcliffe of The Times lauded her "good" and "understated" appearance, while the Guardian wrote, "Henwick captures the sense of adolescent righteousness, passion, and apprehension of a girl trying to establish order in an unfair universe." Henwick, according to theater critic Joyce McMillan, was "outstanding as Leo."
Jane Jeong Trenka appeared in the drama Obsession: The Black Desires, which aired in January 2014. The adaptation describes Trenka's stalking in Minnesota, 1991, which she explains in her book The Language of Blood. Henwick also appeared in the cast of Silk as new barrister pupil Amy. The series attracted an average of 5 million viewers per episode. She reprised her role in Silk: The Clerks' Room, a spin-off radio show.
Nymeria Sand was one of the cast of HBO's Game of Thrones in 2015. She stayed in the role until Season 7.
In Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Henwick played X-wing pilot Jess Pava. In the spin-off book The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure, the character's full name is revealed as Jessika "Testor" Pava. Despite her limited screen time, Pava's character has become a fan favorite. Pava later appeared in the comic book series Star Wars: Poe Dameron, which ran from 2016 to 2018, and reprised the role in Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga video.
Henwick appeared in Netflix's television series Iron Fist as Colleen Wing in 2017. Despite the fact that Iron Fist's general reception was generally critical, Henwick's role in the series was well received. She reprised her role as a member of The Defenders, as well as the second season of Luke Cage.
Henwick was listed as one of Variety's Top Breakout Stars at the end of 2017. In 2020, she co-starred in Underwater, the Fox science fiction drama Underwater, Love and Monsters, and Sofia Coppola's On the Rocks. She was named one of The Hollywood Reporter's Rising Stars for the year and received the prestigious Brit to Watch award at the Newport Beach Film Festival the same year. In 2020, she was cast in The Gray Guy in The Gray Man. She was cast in Glass Onion: A Knives Down Mystery in 2021.
She appeared in The Matrix Resurrections in 2021. Henwick was "the best part of Resurrections," according to IGN, while Deadline Hollywood said she was "what makes the film worth watching." Gold House and CAPE selected her for Best Supporting Actress.